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It’s official: Paramount and Warner Bros. Discovery are now a single company — joined together as Skydance Corp., led by chairman and CEO David Ellison. The deal, valued at $111 billion including the assumption of WBD debt, brings together two major studios, TV networks including CBS, CNN, Comedy Central, MTV and TBS, and streaming services Paramount+ and HBO Max. The new Skydance will have annual revenue of nearly $70 billion, the company said — but it also will have to wrestle with $80 billion in net debt. The closing of the deal comes a little more than a year after Ellison’s Paramount Skydance (created in 2025 after his Skydance Media bought Paramount Global) first launched his bid for Warner Bros. Discovery. The 43-year-old Ellison encountered numerous obstacles on the way there — including a rival Netflix deal for WB assets and an antitrust lawsuit filed by 12 Democratic attorneys general — but has now prevailed in sealing the deal. The Ellison family — with the multibillion-dollar backing of Larry Ellison, David’s tech-mogul father — holds the largest equity stake in Skydance. The Ellisons and investment firm RedBird Capital Partners together are the sole holders of Paramount Class A common stock, including 100% of the combined company’s voting shares. Skydance Class B shares will begin trading Tuesday on the New York Stock Exchange under the new ticker symbol “SKYD.” Under the terms of the merger, Warner Bros. Discovery shareholders received an amount in cash equal to $31.01666668 per share. WBD shares have ceased trading on Nasdaq effective Tuesday. “Today is a historic day, not just for Skydance but for our entire industry,” Ellison said in a statement. The CEO continued: “From the start, our ambition was to bring these two storied studios together and create a stronger competitor, with the talent, resources, and reach to tell great stories in every genre, on every platform, for audiences everywhere. Now that ambition is a reality…. Our focus now turns to the future: building a company that empowers creatives, entertains audiences and rewards shareholders.” The merger creating Skydance was funded with $47 billion of investment in Class B common stock, led by Larry Ellison, RedBird Capital Partners, LionTree, and the sovereign wealth funds of Saudi Arabia, Qatar and Abu Dhabi. That equity investment was priced at $12 per share. Debt financing for the transaction was led by Bank of America, Citigroup and Apollo Global Management. Skydance CEO David Ellison said the newly merged company will be in “the business of rebuilding trust” after the bruising battle to bring together Paramount and Warner Bros. Discovery. Upon closing, Ellison and outgoing Mattel CEO Ynon Kreiz will serve as co-CEOs. They will be joined by President Andy Gordon, CFO Dennis Cinelli, CLO & President of Global Corporate Affairs Makan Delrahim, CPO Dane Glasgow, CMO Rebecca Mall, CCO Melissa Zukerman, co-chairs & CCOs Casey Bloys & George Cheeks, co-chairs of Skydance Motion Picture Group Dana Goldberg & Josh Greenstein, co-chairs of DC Studios James Gunn & Peter Safran, co-chair & CBO JB Perrette, chairman & editor-in-chief of CNN Worldwide Mark Thompson, and editor-in-chief of CBS News Bari Weiss. One name that is not on the retention list is David Zaslav. The Warner Bros Discovery’s CEO (for a few more hours, anyway), has started his goodbyes, thanking employees in a video posted Monday on the company’s internal portal. “It’s been a great honor to be alongside all of you,” says Zaslav, speaking from Warner Bros. Studios’ Ranch facility in Burbank. “I hope you take pride in what you’ve built, what you’ve created, and the role you’ve played in shaping an extraordinary history."
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Talpa's "Winner" Takes Mipcom |
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John de Mol’s Talpa Studios has secured a Spanish commission for “The Winner Takes It All”, with public broadcaster RTVE ordering a local adaptation of the music game show. The Spanish version will be produced by RTVE in collaboration with Stratos Studios. The format, which premiered earlier this year on SBS6 in the Netherlands, brings 50 singers together on an interactive LED floor, with each contestant assigned a square featuring the title of a hit song. Singers compete in head-to-head knockout duels, combining live performance with strategy across genres including pop, rock, opera, soul and musical theatre. A three-member jury of music professionals decides the winner of each duel, with the victor taking the opponent’s position and a new song. Contestants who win three duels secure a golden spot, while a fourth victory earns a platinum position and a place in the grand finale, where the remaining performers compete for the top prize. Spain becomes the third territory to commission “The Winner Takes It All”, following its Dutch launch and a commission from France Télévisions. In the Netherlands, the format became SBS6’s best talent-show launch in five years and was renewed for a second season while its first was still on air. “It's fantastic to see ´The Winner Takes It All´ continue its international journey,” said Sebastian van Barneveld, Director Global Distribution at Talpa Studios. He highlighted the format’s combination of strategy, singing and high-stakes duels, adding that its mix of genres and live music allows the concept to travel across different markets and musical cultures. This is just the beginning of Talpa's international deals in waiting. Talpa Studios is heading to next week’s TV market Mipcom with a slate of new entertainment formats, led by “Sing With Me” and “The Golden Elevators.” “Sing With Me” is a feelgood music entertainment format developed in collaboration with Dutch producer IDTV, the creator of “The Traitors.” In the show, aspiring singers get the chance to share the stage with some of the country’s biggest artists. Every performance begins as a solo, but when one of the established artists hears something special, they can grab a microphone and join in, transforming the performance into a duet. The format launches on SBS6 in the Netherlands on Nov. 7. “The Golden Elevators,” a quiz show that combines general knowledge with social strategy, has been ordered by ITV in the U.K. and SBS6 in the Netherlands, where it is set to air early next year. Ten contestants enter a skyscraper where they must choose between two elevators, each representing a possible answer to 10 questions. Choose correctly and you go up; choose the wrong one and you’re out. Before the doors close, contestants may work together and share what they know – or deliberately send a rival into the wrong elevator – turning every question into a battle of knowledge, strategy and trust. Waiting at the top is a life-changing jackpot, to share with whoever makes it there. Talpa Studios continues to expand its global footprint, with 26 formats active across 34 countries, and Sebastian van Barneveld, Talpa Studios’ director of global distribution, underscores the role that partnerships play in that growth, alongside the company’s investment in original IP. Two teams of returning Rock the Block all-stars and two teams of television design legends will battle it out on a new block just outside Nashville, Tennessee, in the next season of HGTV's smash hit home renovation competition series, slated to premiere in early 2027. Rock the Block, which attracted 16.4 million viewers across linear and streaming to its last run, will feature seven fresh episodes hosted by popular carpenter, craftsman and design expert Ty Pennington (Battle on the Beach). Armed with Music City inspiration and decades of design and renovation know-how, the four dynamic duos will take the stage for an epic home reno showdown highlighting classic Southern architecture and small-town living in hopes of claiming bragging rights and a street named in their honor. Former all-star competitors earning another chance to win will include past Rock the Block champions and married real estate developers Brian and Mika Kleinschmidt (100 Day Dream Home) as well as real estate, home renovation and design pro Mina Starsiak Hawk (Good Bones) paired with real estate expert and contractor Scott McGillivray (Renovation Resort Showdown). The newcomer design legends will showcase interior designer, television host and author Sabrina Soto (The High Low Project) with real estate developer and designer Anthony Carrino (Kitchen Cousins) and Trading Spaces icons, television host and Broadway star Paige Davis with builder and designer Carter Oosterhouse. In a Rock the Block first, this season will spotlight homes that offer identical floorplans and square footage but unique exterior facades. Each team will have seven weeks and a $275,000 budget to transform the properties with their signature vision and custom design style and clinch the highest appraised property value. "Our viewers are Rock the Block superfans who tune in every season to see the best in home renovation and design," said Howard Lee, Chief Creative Officer, US Networks, Warner Bros. Discovery. "That's why we're bringing back all-stars who've already survived the high-stakes pressure of the block, pitting them against design legends who are new to the competition and ready to take them on." The homes are built by J'Adore Luxury Homes based in Nashville. |
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"Battle in the Box" Coming to the US |
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Jenny Daly’s Studio82 has optioned Korean comedy reality gameshow Battle in the Box for a US adaptation in a deal with Seoul-based content IP agency Just iPicked. Originally created and produced by South Korea’s NMedia, the format combines celebrity competition, reality and comedy, with two teams of two competing for physical space. The celebrity pairs are placed inside an empty box divided by a movable wall. With no beds, chairs or everyday comforts, contestants must earn what they need through physical and mental challenges. Winning a challenge expands a team’s living space and pushes the wall toward its rival, shrinking the opposing team’s space. The US option agreement was concluded by Daly, founder and CEO of Studio82, and Praise Shin, MD of Just iPicked, which handles the format’s international sales and remake negotiations. The format has already been adapted in the UK and Sweden. The British version, produced by Interstellar for UKTV and hosted by comedian Jimmy Carr, aired in 2024 on U&Dave and streaming service U. In Sweden, a local adaptation produced by Fremantle and hosted by comedian and filmmaker Felix Herngren launched on Prime Video in 2025. |
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Wednesday Lightning Round |
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Media and entertainment powerhouse, Banijay Entertainment, today announces it has acquired the global format rights and finished tape rights to Scrambled Up, an all-new studio-based word game from Michael Eisner’s The Tornante Company; Keller/Noll, the prolific US format creators Cleve Keller and Dave Noll (Chopped, America Says, Flip Side); Crazy Legs Productions; and Playing Field Entertainment. Scrambled Up (320 X 30) sees four contestants compete to solve a series of increasingly challenging word scrambles. As each word gradually unscrambles on the board, the host reveals entertaining clues, challenging players to identify the correct answer first. Following two main rounds, the pace ramps up with Speed Scramble, where contestants race against the clock to solve shorter, category-based puzzles. The highest-scoring player then progresses to the Ultimate Scramble, where they must solve three final puzzles in 60 seconds to win a cash prize. Originally launched as a daily syndication gameshow in the US, Scrambled Up was recently renewed for a second season with multiple partners like CBS-owned stations, with production recently wrapped on 160 new episodes, doubling its total episode count. The series also expanded through a dedicated 24/7 channel on Samsung TV Plus in the US and Canada. Creatives Keller and Noll are behind a string of successful entertainment titles, including hit CBS gameshow Flip Side, which has reached 360 episodes in national syndication, long-running GSN series America Says, with 590 episodes; and Food Network favourite Chopped, which has surpassed 1,100 episodes commissioned. Helen Greatorex, Head of Format Acquisitions, Banijay Entertainment, says: “Gameshows continue to have proven value across every platform and the US success of Scrambled Up already demonstrates it’s landing well with audiences. Cleve and Dave have a real instinct for creating formats people want to interact with, and this is no exception. It takes the familiar fun of word games and gives it a lively, funny twist, while importantly keeping it simple to follow. With all the right ingredients to travel internationally, the format complements our offering for MIPCOM perfectly.” Dave Noll, Cleve Keller, Ross Babbit, Dave Bulhack, Gary Apple, Tom Cappello, Scott Thigpen, Adam Londy and Joe LaBracio are executive producers of Scrambled Up. Scrambled Up joins Banijay Entertainment’s premium third-party line-up, including cult strategic format Werewolves from STUDIOCANAL and Dreamspark, superbrand Ninja Warrior from Tokyo Broadcasting System (TBS), French YouTube sensation Stop the Train from Unfold Production and recent addition, dating reality format Temptations Under the Sun from Productions J. The format further strengthens Banijay Entertainment’s established gameshow line-up, joining globally recognised international hits like Deal or No Deal, The Money Drop, Lingo, Pointless, and Tipping Point. |
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Sharon Levy Heads to Fremantle Americas & Australia |
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Fremantle, whose shows include the “Got Talent” and “Idols” franchises, has appointed Sharon Levy as CEO of Fremantle Americas and Australia, effective from mid-January, reporting directly to Jennifer Mullen, Fremantle Group CEO. Levy joins Fremantle from Banijay, where she served as CEO of Endemol Shine North America. Based in Fremantle’s Los Angeles offices, Levy will assume responsibility for the company’s production operations across the U.S., Mexico and Australia, and will also join Fremantle’s global leadership team. Levy will be responsible for driving strategic growth and overseeing all aspects of Fremantle’s operations across the regions, including its production labels, customer relationships, talent partnerships, creative development, production slate, and portfolio of intellectual property. The company said that the appointment “forms part of Fremantle’s broader global growth strategy” and encompasses regional responsibilities previously held by Mullin. Levy has been “recognized as one of the industry’s premier creative and commercial executives,” Fremantle said. She is a recipient of the Peabody Award and is an Emmy-nominated producer. “Under her visionary leadership, ESNA solidified its position as a dominant market force, aligning closely with Banijay’s global network of production labels, delivering active series across all four major broadcast networks concurrently,” Fremantle said. |
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Rock the Block Heads to Nashville |
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Two teams of returning Rock the Block all-stars and two teams of television design legends will battle it out on a new block just outside Nashville, Tennessee, in the next season of HGTV's smash hit home renovation competition series, slated to premiere in early 2027. Rock the Block, which attracted 16.4 million viewers across linear and streaming to its last run, will feature seven fresh episodes hosted by popular carpenter, craftsman and design expert Ty Pennington (Battle on the Beach). Armed with Music City inspiration and decades of design and renovation know-how, the four dynamic duos will take the stage for an epic home reno showdown highlighting classic Southern architecture and small-town living in hopes of claiming bragging rights and a street named in their honor. Former all-star competitors earning another chance to win will include past Rock the Block champions and married real estate developers Brian and Mika Kleinschmidt (100 Day Dream Home) as well as real estate, home renovation and design pro Mina Starsiak Hawk (Good Bones) paired with real estate expert and contractor Scott McGillivray (Renovation Resort Showdown). The newcomer design legends will showcase interior designer, television host and author Sabrina Soto (The High Low Project) with real estate developer and designer Anthony Carrino (Kitchen Cousins) and Trading Spaces icons, television host and Broadway star Paige Davis with builder and designer Carter Oosterhouse. In a Rock the Block first, this season will spotlight homes that offer identical floorplans and square footage but unique exterior facades. Each team will have seven weeks and a $275,000 budget to transform the properties with their signature vision and custom design style and clinch the highest appraised property value. "Our viewers are Rock the Block superfans who tune in every season to see the best in home renovation and design," said Howard Lee, Chief Creative Officer, US Networks, Warner Bros. Discovery. "That's why we're bringing back all-stars who've already survived the high-stakes pressure of the block, pitting them against design legends who are new to the competition and ready to take them on." The homes are built by J'Adore Luxury Homes based in Nashville. |
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NBCUniversal Steps Into the Arena |
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Iconic Japanese gameshow Action Arena is being taken to international buyers for the first time in its plus-30-year history. NBCUniversal Formats has acquired distribution rights to the hit Tokyo Broadcasting System (TBS) show, which sees contestants and celebrities take on a series of entertaining physical and mental challenges designed to test their wits, teamwork and reflexes. The news comes with MIPCOM kicking off in a few days, where NBCUniversal Formats will feature Action Arena in its catalog. Action Arena premiered in 1994 and aired more than 800 episodes and specials across a 17-year run, during which it was consistently one of the most-watched shows in its time slot. Japanese format creators have brought the likes of Ninja Warrior and LOL: Last One Laughing to the world, with the latter currently performing well for Prime Video in multiple territories. |
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The Traitors Goes Mobile |
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The Traitors: Interactive Game has just released for iOS and Android, bringing all the fun and theatre of the hit show to mobile! Unlike The Traitors: Anywhere, another recent adaptation, which functions more as a multiplayer social experience, The Traitors: Interactive Game comes to us from Fusebox Studios, who have also made mobile adaptations of everything from Big Brother to Love Island. The Traitors will see you navigating complex rivalries, forming alliances, and attempting to survive to the end be you Traitor or Faithful. |
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Oscar-winning actress Eva Marie Saint, who starred in such memorable classic films as “On the Waterfront” and “North by Northwest,” died Tuesday at her home in Los Angeles. She was 102. The delicate, fine-boned actress, one of the first breakout talents from early television, won her Academy Award as best supporting actress for “On the Waterfront” in 1955, making her the oldest living Oscar winner. She played Edie Doyle in the Marlon Brando starring film, with the New York Times writing in its review, “Amid scenes of carnage, she gives tenderness and sensitivity to genuine romance.” As Saint raised her family from the late 1950s on, she returned to acting intermittently, and many of her later appearances were onstage and on television, most notably in the ABC series “Moonlighting” and later as Clark Kent’s adoptive mother in the 2006 movie “Superman Returns.” One of her most memorable roles was as the cool but seductive blonde spy in Alfred Hitchcock’s 1959 spy thriller “North by Northwest.” “Not only does she provide the requisite icy sex appeal as Eve Kendall, a shadowy secret agent, but she also proves to be much more than a standard damsel in distress,” Variety wrote in an appreciation on her 97th birthday. “Saint’s character is fully capable of pulling the wool over the eyes of sinister villains and usually remains two or three steps ahead of Grant’s hapless Madison Avenue executive Roger Thornhill,” the appreciation continues. Saint made her TV debut on “Camp Hoop La,” then became a regular on “One Man’s Family.” She broadened her dramatic range in such anthology series as “Philco Playhouse,” “Robert Montgomery Presents” and “Studio One.” Highlights during the period included Paddy Chayevsky’s “Middle of the Night” (1954) and a musical adaptation of Thornton Wilder’s “Our Town” (1955) co-starring Paul Newman and Frank Sinatra (both shows brought her Emmy nominations); Sidney Howard’s “Yellow Jack”; and the drama “Claudia.” Saint appeared opposite Lillian Gish in 1953 Horton Foote teleplay “The Trip to Bountiful,” which became the first TV drama to move to Broadway (for 39 performances). Her “touching and beautifully sensitive performance,” as one New York critic described it, won the approbation of Elia Kazan, who cast her opposite Marlon Brando in “On the Waterfront” in a role coveted by many more experienced actresses. The 1954 Budd Schulberg drama was nominated for 12 Oscars and won eight including best picture, actor, director and, for Saint, supporting actress. The actress had a recurring role on the ABC series “Moonlighting,” starring Cybill Shepherd and Bruce Willis, as Shepherd’s mother. In 1986 she returned to the bigscreen with a role in the Tom Hanks-Jackie Gleason vehicle “Nothing in Common.” Saint appeared in many TV movies throughout the 1990s, including roles in “I’ll Be Home for Christmas,” “Kiss of a Killer,” “After Jimmy” and “Open House,” along with a cameo as Roz’s mother in “Frasier.” After four previous Emmy nominations, Saint finally took the statuette with a supporting actress Emmy win in 1990 for her role in the NBC miniseries “People Like Us.” Saint returned to film again in the 2000s, appearing in pics such as “I Dreamed of Africa” (2000), “Because of Winn-Dixie” and “Don’t Come Knocking” (2005) and 2006’s “Superman Returns,” in which she played Martha Kent. In 2014 she made her final bigscreen appearance, in the Akiva Goldsman written and directed “Winter’s Tale.” In game shows, Saint appeared on episodes of "What's My Line" and "I've Got a Secret". Her husband, TV director Jeffrey Hayden, died in 2016. Survivors include her two children, Darrell and Laurette, four grandchildren, Eli, Tyler, Molly, and Stella and two great grandchildren, Arlo and Finley. |
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Marjoe Gortner, the celebrity child preacher who was the subject of an Oscar-winning documentary and an actor with roles in Earthquake, When You Comin’ Back, Red Ryder? and Falcon Crest, has died. He was 82. Gortner died Friday of complications from congestive heart failure, his family announced. With a contract at Universal Pictures, Gortner made his onscreen acting debut as the junkie Teddy Hopper in the 1973 Joseph Sargent-directed telefilm The Marcus-Nelson Murders, which served as the pilot for the CBS crime series Kojak, starring Telly Savalas. He had another featured role as Jody Joad, a grocery store manager turned National Guardsman, in the Mark Robson-directed disaster movie Earthquake (1974), and he played a psychopathic, hostage-taking Vietnam veteran in Milton Katselas’ When You Comin’ Back, Red Ryder? (1979). On the sixth season (1986-87) of the CBS primetime soap opera Falcon Crest, Gortner drew on his real-life experience to portray Vince Karlotti, a colorful polygamist and faux psychic medium over 17 episodes. Hugh Marjoe (a combination of Mary and Joseph) Ross Gortner was born on Jan. 14, 1944, in Long Beach, California. He spoke eloquently as a child, so his parents, Vernon, a Christian evangelical minister, and mother, Marge, had him ordained as a preacher at age 4, when he performed a marriage ceremony for a Paramount newsreel. Now a celebrity, the long-haired Gortner delivered gyrating, dramatic sermons at revival meetings across the U.S. as his family amassed a fortune estimated to be worth $3 million, but he said his father took off with the money shortly before Gortner turned 16. He rejoined the ministry as a way to earn a living and in 1971 granted a film crew access to him during his final revival tour. The resulting 1972 documentary, Marjoe, produced and directed by Howard Smith and Sarah Kernochan, debuted at Cannes and won the Oscar for best feature documentary. (The poster called it “a real story millions of people refuse to believe.”) Marjoe Gortner in the 1972 documentary ‘Marjoe.’ In the film, Gortner — who said he studied Mick Jagger as a model for his routine — talks about how he and other evangelists manipulated regular folks during revivals, and he’s seen in his hotel room counting the money he had collected one day. In 1972, Gortner recorded an album, Bad, but Not Evil, which featured him singing Bob Dylan’s “I Shall Be Released” and “Lo and Behold!,” and with all this notoriety, he was signed to a contract at Universal. Gortner also starred with Lynda Carter in Bobbie Jo and the Outlaw (1976), appeared in the daredevil biopic Viva Knievel! (1977) and toplined a low-budget space opera, Starcrash (1978). His résumé included appearances on Barnaby Jones, Medical Center, Police Story, Laugh-In, The A-Team, Fantasy Island, Airwolf and Hotel, and he played a preacher in Wild Bill (1995), one of his final roles. He also produced Circus of the Stars specials and celebrity sports invitationals that helped raise money for charity. In game shows, Gortner was one of two hosts for a pilot called "Betcha!" in 1988, an aborted version of the German hit "Wetten, dass...?". He also featured on episodes of "Tattletales" and "Break the Bank". Survivors include his fifth wife, Susan, whom he married in 2019. He was briefly married to American Graffiti actress Candy Clark — they starred together in When You Comin’ Back, Red Ryder? — in the late ’70s. |
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Tuesday Lightning Round |
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Former Double Dare host Marc Summers is sharing secrets now that the show is celebrating its 40th anniversary. The host, 75, spilled the beans on the recipe behind Nickelodeon’s green slime, which was featured on the show’s physical challenges. “People always want to know what the slime was,” Summers told PEOPLE. “Well, the insurance people back in the day said if the slime gets in the kids’ mouths, it has to be edible.” He continued, “The original recipe was vanilla pudding, applesauce, green food coloring, and a little oatmeal to thicken it up. When we brought it back the last time, when I was exec producing and a sidekick to another host, they had a new formula to slime, and when we went in there, you could build the viscosity, the thickness, the thinness. Do you want it to sort of slowly drip down? Do you want it to drip down fast? And I’m assuming it’s still edible, ‘cause if the kids got it in their mouth, it had to be edible, but it just didn’t look the same, and it didn’t smell as good.” The beloved kids’ game show, which aired on Nickelodeon from 1986 to 1989, marked the milestone with an official Double Dare 40th Reunion starring the original cast and crew on October 4 at City Winery in Philadelphia. “I cannot believe that we’re celebrating the 40th anniversary of Double Dare,” Summers told PEOPLE. “I mean, I was 34 years old, 35 when we started this thing, and here we are making a celebration. I figure this is the last time we’re going to be doing this. In 10 years, if I’m still around, I’ll be 85. I don’t know if I’ll be able to walk at that point. I mean, I try to look after myself, take care of myself… but who knows what the future brings. Aside from Marc, announcer John Harvey and sidekick Robin Marrella participated, and physical challenges and slime were part of the 90-minute event, which included an audience of 300 reliving their childhood with rare clips from the original show. The event will be available on pay-per-view October 31-December 31. |
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Richard Osman Says Goodnight & Good Luck |
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After nine years at the helm of gameshow House of Games, Richard Osman's tenure as host has come to an end and Michael Sheen has officially taken over. This week saw previous winners return to go head to head, with both today's episode and indeed the week won by Lucy Porter, who finished ahead of Cariad Lloyd, Miles Jupp and Kiell Smith-Bynoe. As he signed off for the final time, Osman thanked the "incredible crew" who work on the show, and reassured audience members who might be worried about the upcoming change. "This show is House of Games not because of me, because of these incredible people and the question minders and all that, so you are in very, very safe hands with this new host as well," he said. "From me to you, thank you. Thank you for watching. That's the real pleasure of this show is you, is viewers, and people watching with their family and all sorts of things." Of course, the new host he references, as announced earlier this year, is Good Omens and current Celebrity Traitors star Sheen – and after the credits, Sheen made an appearance in a special scene. The scene saw Osman sat not in his big red chair but in one of the contestant's chairs, speaking to the host's chair. He said: "Thank you so much for coming to look at the house. Down sides, I'll be honest – bedrooms, there are no bedrooms. Garden, there is no garden. Kitchen, there's no kitchen. "But, upsides, plenty of seating. Say, for example, one day you want to invite around a Gladiator, someone from Steps, a stand-up comedian and Raj Bisram from Antiques Road Trip, you've got plenty of room." The chair then swivelled round to reveal Sheen, who simply said: "I'll take it," before giving a knowing smile to the camera. |
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"Wizards of Baking": Year Three |
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Ready your wands for a new season of the magical fan-favorite series, Harry Potter: Wizards of Baking, premiering Wednesday, November 4, at 8 p.m. ET/PT on Food Network and HBO Max, and rolling out globally with international premiere dates and times to be announced. Celebrating the 25th anniversary of the iconic first film in the series, the new season introduces a tournament twist with four teams of three, each representing one of the four Hogwarts Houses - Gryffindor, Hufflepuff, Ravenclaw and Slytherin. Comprised of returning competitors, each team will feature cake artists, bakers, and pastry chefs, who have previously proven their talent and passion for Harry Potter, though none has ever lifted the Wizards of Baking Cup in victory. Also new this season, hosts James and Oliver Phelps (Fred and George Weasley) are joined by two new "Ministers of Baking," cake royalty Duff Goldman and celebrated pastry chef Sarah Mountain who will judge the teams' showpieces and determine which House will earn the trophy and a once-in-a-lifetime VIP trip to Warner Bros. Studio Tour Tokyo - The Making of Harry Potter (also known as Harry Potter Studio Tour Tokyo). "We're so excited for all Harry Potter and baking show fans across the world to see this season's amazing showpieces," said Oliver Phelps. "The all-star teams will leave our audience spellbound." Added James Phelps, "We feel like the luckiest hosts because we get to be part of this fun tournament, with some of the world's best bakers and chefs, and celebrate the anniversary of the first film in a series that sparked a global phenomenon." |
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The Season 30 premiere of “The Voice” hit 7.8 million viewers in its first seven days of availability. That total comes from a combination of Nielsen’s measurements of linear viewers on NBC and NBCUniversal’s own data regarding streams on Peacock. This marks the biggest opening audience for the singing competition series since Season 27 in the spring of 2025, and a 5% increase compared to the seven-day total achieved by the Season 28 premiere, which aired last fall. When measuring viewership across three days of availability, the Season 30 premiere grew 57% compared to last year and became the most-streamed episode of “The Voice” ever. NBCUniversal also reports that in terms of reach, or the number of people who viewed any portion of the episode, the Season 30 premiere hit more than 19 million viewers across platforms. And across social media platforms, the episode garnered 337 million video views between Sept. 21 and Sept. 25, per Sprout Social. “The Voice” is a produced by MGM Alternative, Warner Horizon Unscripted Television and ITV Studios’ The Voice USA, Inc. The series was created by John de Mol, who serves as an executive producer along with Mark Burnett, Audrey Morrissey, Amanda Zucker, Kyra Thompson, Adam H. Sher and Barry Poznick. The Season 30 coaches include Queen Latifah, Riley Green, Kelly Clarkson and Adam Levine. New episodes debut on Mondays at 8 p.m., and for the first time, the series is simulcasting the live shows across NBC and Peacock in all time zones. Season 30 themes include Dolly Parton, Y2K and TikTok hits. |
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ITV Studios unveils 10 exciting new titles on its Mipcom formats slate. This broad slate features challenging game shows, high-stakes celebrity reality and thoughtful factual entertainment. These bankable entertainment brands suit every budget and are sourced from a wide variety of countries, including New Zealand and Sweden. Mike Beale, Managing Director, Global Creative Network at ITV Studios, said: “We are very excited to have curated a range of formats from varied territories and at different price points to help deliver programming to all buyers for all available slots. With many of these formats returning for second seasons or airing across multiple territories, we are pleased to deliver a lineup with a track record of success.” - Leading the formats slate The Chase Around the World (6×60, produced by Bright Entertainment for ITV), a new city-hopping treasure hunt spin off of ITV’s award-winning and globally successful game show, The Chase. This brand-new six-part series sees six pairs attempt to track down the biggest brains in Britain – all six of The Chasers – in undisclosed locations across Europe. Unravelling puzzles along the way, the winning pair will pit their knowledge against The Chasers in order to win a life-changing prize pot. |
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Family Feud Jeopardy! Scrambled Up Wheel of Fortune |
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| 10a 3p |
Let's Make a Deal |
| 11a | The Price Is Right |
| noon | 25 Words or Less |
| 4p | Battlebots Pro League Savvy |
| 4:30p | The Perfect Line |
| 5p | Flip Side Taskmaster 25 Words or Less |
| 7:30p | Family Feud Canada |
| 8p | Daily Trivia Live Hell's Kitchen Scrabble The Traitors: New Blood |
| 9p | Special Forces: World's Toughest Test Savvy Trivial Pursuit |
| 12:35a | Funny You Should Ask |
| 1:05a | Funny You Should Ask |
All times and editors eastern
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